Critique my stockpile please

[ziggiestardust]

Hi all, I’ve been slowly amassing a stockpile based on what we use and when there’s an offer on, I’ll buy 2 or 3 of said item and store the rest.
Can you please critique what I have, and give me areas for improvement? Also; if I’m missing a vital category, please tell me! We’ve been using our garage and storing in large plastic bins so far, it actually hasn’t taken up any room, it doesn’t look like much compared to what some people on this board have! Obviously I have at least 2 weeks worth of food in at any one time; my freezer & cupboards are always full because we are very fortunate. So obviously this list doesn’t include freezer stuff.

Tins

Macaroni cheese x5
Spaghetti strands x10
Baked beans x10
Soup (Heinz mixed) x20
Mixed spicy beans x10
Butter beans x5
Kidney beans x5

Sauces

Cheese sauce x5
Tomato pasta sauce x5
Madras sauce
Thai red curry sauce
Coconut milk

Packets

Stuffing balls mix
Bread sauce mix

Pasta & pulses (dried)

1kg Red lentils
1kg spaghetti x2
Super noodles x20
250g fine egg noodles

Sweets

Marmalade
Lemon curd
Marmite
Jam
Caramel
Red cherry pie filling x2
Peach slices x5
Sponge pudding x5
Custard x5
Rice pudding x5

Flavourings/seasonings

Salt
Goose fat
Olive oil
Vegetable oil
Chicken oxo
Beef oxo
Wholegrain mustard
Jalapeños

Odds and ends

Breadsticks
Teabags
20L water
1L whiskey
Cat food (pouches meat) x40
Cat food (dried) 1kg
Cat flea medicine 3 months worth

Cleaning products

Bleach 1L
Washing up liquid
Anti bacterial spray 1L

Toiletries

Nail brush
Toothpaste
Shower gel
Children’s toothpaste
Kids mouthwash
Kids shampoo
Sanitary towels x40
Tampons x60
Toilet rolls x16

Medicines

Migraleve
Diarrhoea capsules
Lemsip x10
Savlon
Compeed
Dulcolax
Kool n soothe strips
Vicks vaporub
Pregnancy tests x2
Nurofen Plus
After sun
Sun cream stick
Vicks first defence
Dioralyte
EMLA cream
Small pair scissors
Extra inhaler prescriptions x3

Honey. Local honey is best but even cheapo stuff is shelf stable.

Another one who wants to know what your stockpiling for?

Another one who wants to know what your stockpiling for?

At the minute, leaving the EU with a no deal. What did you think the stockpiling was for?

And @furandchandeliers - winter to get through. We are regularly snowed in - average Manchester suburb.
So it seems like a good idea to get a bit of food resilience in.

I think it’s a good start. I’d add bin bags and multivitamins plus I agree with the others that you don’t have enough tinned protein or fruit/veg.

I’m surprised at those asking what the prepping is for given the media publicity around the brexit announcements and the guidance we are due to receive.

I freeze my flour for a couple of weeks and then tie it in a plastic bag (still in the paper bag) and then it goes in a plastic tub with a lid. No problems with pests.

Good idea about storing flour. I have tended to avoid it for that reason. Cheers

After the London terror attacks we were sent a leaflet saying to have certain emergency things in storage. I don't think it's unreasonable to do this with some food too. Though we live just outside London so maybe that's why.

For Brexit? I thought this was for an attack? Do you have a copy of the leaflet telling you what to stockpile after a terror attack?

@cloudtree
What guidance are we about to receive?

ourkidmolly

We don’t know yet. All we know is there are government notices coming in the next few weeks (for both businesses and individuals); some of us think this will include information about storing some essentials for short term disruption in food supplies due to brexit.

The fact that there will be notices is not speculation, that’s been confirmed. But we don’t know the contents of these notices.

Now amazon uk have been talking about civil unrest in the event of no deal, not sure how helpful that is under the circumstances

@ourkidmolly - it's been reported over the weekend that there's going to be a government leaflet.

@Whatthefoxgoingon - Amazon don't send out pinches of salt but even a prepper like me thinks that was unhelpful shit stirring on Amazon's part.

bellini agreed, there’s a lot of project fear going on right now.

Any changes in how you import/export food will take time (even if it’s not very long!) to catch up with for customs officials.

Even before the Brexit vote I had a very small stockpile in case of bad winters. Boy was I glad this year when after 2 very mild winters, when this winter hit I didn’t have to go to the shops at all! Just stayed indoors nice and cosy with my DC. It gave me a bit of a kick up the bum though, because it made me wonder like what if I hadn’t recently bought a load of toiletries/cat food etc? What if the snow lasted longer than 4-5 days? Our (old!) boiler also hit problems during the cold weather, so we’re having the whole system replaced next month.

I’ve built my stockpile up again too and started to look at having a larger, more varied one. I’ve invested in a couple of solar lanterns that double up as power banks (for phone chargers) and I’ve also been experimenting today with whether it powers my heated throw; it does and I’m delighted

Great @ziggiestardust . We just need to , pardon the horrible pun, Keep calm and [whatever] on.

I haven't got a clue which is why I asked

Even if something by brexit related happens then surely there'll be food available still, not everything is imported is it?

It's not about production of food @furandchandeliers , it's about distribution. Supermarkets only have 3 days of stuff maximum and operate a Just In Time system so stuff turns up last minute to avoid excess storage and warehouse costs. They are vulnerable to the slightest interruption, weather or whatever. Brexit could be a "whatever " even in the short term.

Even if something by brexit related happens then surely there'll be food available still, not everything is imported is it?

Just imagine your scenarios. Say for eg there are disruptions in supermarket deliveries and your local one uses up what it has and has more empty shelves than stuff, you go elsewhere and it's the same. What will you do the next time they fill those shelves up knowing the same thing is likely to happen again?

Thanks to MN I am going to start basic prepping. Planning to build up some basics and store in plastic boxes under the bed. I am not a hysterical or panicky person as a rule, but this just seems like sensible steps to take if it all goes tits up during/after Brexit. I've started a list and each time I do a shop I will get a few bits. Thanks for the thread, it is really helpful.

I still don't really understand

I grow my own fruit and veg and we've got twenty chickens so we'll never starve I guess.

Where can I read a guide to worst case scenario post brexit for dummies

I don't mean we will eat the chickens btw. Unless it gets really bad 😂

ziggie please could you link your heated throw and power bank lanterns? If our gas fails in winter we'll freeze!

Good idea @OnTopOfSpaghetti - what works for you and suits you. That's the key.

@furandchandeliers - not everyone grows their own fruit and veg or keeps chickens. In fact most don't